The world in 510 AD — what happened that year

1 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Western Europe (1)

• Clovis eliminates Ragnachar, king of Cambrai, and his brothers. (Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks Hist. Franc. 2.XLII)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Ghassanids appears
• ◆ Gepids appears
• ◆ Liang dynasty appears
• ◆ Salian Franks ends
• ◆ Southern Qi ends
• ◆ Francia takes 277,500 km² of former Salian Franks land
• ◆ Francia takes 185,800 km² of former Visigothic Kingdom land
• ◆ Salian Franks loses 277,500 km² to Francia

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